I Ran an AMA on Dev.to. Here Are My Favorite Questions

This month, my blog turned 8 years old…and my dev.to account turned 7. To celebrate it, I ran an AMA session on dev.to. For some moments, it felt I was talking to bots. Most likely true, if you also believe in the Dead Internet Theory. I didn’t take too much time to answer questions that sound like AI. Here are my favorite questions: Before vs Now What changed in your perspective and what makes a Senior Software Engineer…Senior? For me, there’s one true sign of being Senior: when you stop optimizing/refactoring/cleaning/perfecting because you know when a solution is good enough. For someone specialized in a single stack and rebuilding right now, how would you think about where to invest the next couple of years? Figuring this out myself too…The first answer that comes to mind is be a big fish in a small pond…and definitely see how to incorporate AI tools to assist your processes. And what helped you separate real signal from the fear when you chose your own next step? The fear is…